Lubricating-washer.



o. E. PALMER, LUBRICATING WASHER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4! 1908.

924,265. Patented June 8i 1909.

' resident of- Spokane, lkane and State of .Vashington, have invent- .CHARLEs EDWARD PALMER, or sPoKANE, WASHINGTON.

LUBRICATING-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.l

4Application med June 4, 1908. serial No. 436,583.

To all whom it mcg/concern:

Be it known that-I, CHARLEs E. PALMER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a in the county of Spoed a new and Improved Lubricating-lflasher,

of which the followingis a full, clear, andv exact description.

My invention is an improvement in lubrieating washers and consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to vthe accompanying drawings forming a part of this spec-ification, in which similar charactersI of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a transverse'section through a portion of .a sprocket chain provided with the improved washer,

and Fig, 2 is aperspeetive view of the Washer.

The improved washer as sho'wn in Figs;V 1 and 2 consists of a metal disk 13, 'having flat parallel sides, aseries of spaced perforation's a, formed transversely therein, and narrow. slots or channels b extended between the per-- foration e to the of the Washer.

The washers 13, are eachsupplied'with a lubrieantg in. the form of a paste like sbperforation c in the center terial, and in this manner. the parts that are 4 connected togetherare-snpplied with grease stance, such as talloworother suitablel ima- 4 two subscribing witnesses.

thatwill gradually become liquid, and lubricate the wearing surfaces between the con-- neeted parts. j

The improved washer is especially adaptedfor use in sprocket chains. In Fig. 1i the links 12 of the chain have their adjacent ends journaled on a pin 11,` and the washers 13 arc arranged between the links 12, the

lubricant g being shown in 'the perforations aand the channels b.

Having thus described my claim as new Patent: v

1. Alubricating Washer provided with van annular series' of spacedtransverse openings coaxial with thewasher,l each of said openings being'conneeted withl the central open-v ing of thewasher by, a radial channel on' one side of the Washenpinvention, I

and desire to secure by Letters 2. l'ubricating'washerprovidedjwith an.4 i

annularseriespf lspaced transverse lopenings coaxial )with thewasher, each ,of said openings .being 'connected withv the '4 central open- .o'tli'e washer by .a radial channel..

in ,n testimony''whereof I have signed my name to' this specification in the presence of .p CHARLES EDWARD PALMER;

Witnesses LEVI R'ronEs, C. Fa CLOUGH. 

